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Michael Bradley, Lukas Podolski

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Michael Bradley, left, battling Germany's Lukas Podolski during during a World Cup group game, says of the MLS that "after almost 20 years we can all agree that to take this league where everyone wants to take it, changes need to be made."

Michael Bradley, left, battling Germany's Lukas Podolski during during a World Cup group game, says of the MLS that "after almost 20 years we can all agree that to take this league where everyone wants to take it, changes need to be made." (Srdjan Suki / EPA)

A FIFA task force's recommendation to avoid Qatar's sweltering summer heat by pushing the start of the 2022 World Cup to November has left European officials a little hot under the collar, igniting a feud between soccer's world governing body and the sport's top professional leagues and...